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Luigi hasn't been convicted yet
we don't even know if he's the perp or some scapegoat
i mean, let's be honest, his ass is 100% getting convicted.
But the user above said:
That is an appeal to authority fallacy.
Legality =/= Morality
Not everyone convicted of crimes have necessarily done an immoral act.
The American Revolution were rebels committing treason against the British Empire, yet, because they won, they are hailed as heros in the new America. Imagine if they lost, they would be the "convicts" the user above were describing.
it may be true that he isn't currently a convict, but he is most certainly going to become a convict, so it's not entirely factually incorrect, just misrepresented.
you can call it an appeal to authority fallacy, but unless you're going to overthrow the government, you must quite literally, appeal to the authority.